graze
verb
[ ɡreɪz ]
• (of cattle, sheep, etc.) eat grass in a field.
• "cattle graze on the open meadows"
Origin:
Old English grasian, from græs ‘grass’.
graze
verb
• scrape and break the surface of the skin of (a part of the body).
• "she fell down and grazed her knees"
Similar:
scrape,
abrade,
skin,
scratch,
chafe,
bark,
scuff,
rasp,
break the skin of,
cut,
nick,
snick,
excoriate,
graze
noun
• a slight injury where the skin is scraped.
• "cuts and grazes on the skin"
Origin:
late 16th century: perhaps a specific use of graze1.
